July Update

July was a way fun month, most of which had to do with skydiving! I do ground crew for Skydive Ogden, which means I go do demos (where they jump into events). I coordinate with the event people on when they want them to jump and then communicate with the jumpers in the plane when they should jump. It involves checking wind conditions, obstacles that the jumpers may not be able to see from the plane, and help catching the flag one of the jumpers brings in. I really enjoy doing them. In July, I did the Vernal Rodeo (we fly down in the little cessna 182), the Willard & Perry demos on the 4th, the Ogden Rodeo all 5 nights, and one in Bountiful for a car show.
A different plane came into town (a Super Otter) and we took advantage of it and did a lot of big ways. For my friend John O's 800th jump we did a 2 point 16 way. It was a lot of fun. Rachel Low came and did her first tandem skydive and loved it. We did have a freak rain haze that we fell through. Did you realize that when you fall on rain, it HURTS because you're falling on the pointy side? Well it was painful, but made the jump even more memorable. CJ, Ryan's nephew also came and made his first 2 tandem jumps on his 18th birthday. He had so much fun on the first one that he wanted to go again right away. He has since came back, just last weekend and made his first solo student jump.

We took a trip to Skydive Chicago for the Summerfest boogie and for Ryan to be in the 108 people head down world record. It was a fun vacation, but definately could've been better. The weather was mostly perfect, not too hot or humid, just right. A few days it did rain. I made 5 jumps and I'm not sure how many Ryan made. To make a long story short he wasn't on the record but should have been had he not decided to leave the drop zone and come to the city with me and go to the White Sox game. We did have a really fun time in the city and the game but I would have rathered had him on the record jump. Seeing 108 people attached head down falling towards the earth was an incredible site to see and hear. It sounded like a jet engine when they fall. The track off and then canopies popping out all over the sky was cool too. I was glad to be there when such an awesome event took place. We had 3 close friends on the record and many other people we know or know of. It was so cool being in the mix of the world's best skydivers.

So that's all the skydiving fun we had in July. I also went on several hikes. Ivy loves to hike. She turned 4 months old this month and is getting so big. We started training at Kelley Creek Farms up in the valley and she is doing great. We like to go to my mom's house to play and relax in their nice backyard since we don't have one, yet.

Our 10-year reunion was this month and of course Ryan had no interest in going, but I did and was so glad I decided to go. I had so much fun talking and seeing everyone that came. A lot more people came than I expected and I had a bunch of fun. Thanks to all my girlfriends that also decided to come.